On Our Minds : How Evolutionary Psychology Is Reshaping the Nature versus Nurture Debate /

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"In On Our Minds, Eric M. Gander examines all sides of the public debate between evolutionary psychologists and their critics. Paying particularly close attention to the popular science writings of Steven Pinker, Edward O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, and Stephen Jay Gould, Gander traces the histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gander, Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Evolutionary psychology.
Erfelijkheid en omgeving.
Genetic psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
psychology.
evolution.
Genetique du comportement.
Psychiatrie biologique.
Psychologie.
Évolution (Biologie)
Psychologie genetique.
Psychologie evolutionniste.
Genetics, Behavioral
Biological Psychiatry
Psychology
Evolution
Biological Evolution
Behavior genetics.
Biological psychiatry.
Psychology.
Evolution (Biology)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Stephen Jay Gould historicizes science
  • Richard Herrnstein stirs up controversy at Harvard yard
  • Edward O. Wilson brings more controversy to the yard
  • Richard Lewontin and his colleagues demur
  • Nature's "very special way"
  • What is the mind?
  • The challenges of reverse engineering
  • The benefits of hardwiring
  • What cultures can the mind run?
  • The evolutionary psychology of "Little house on the prairie."

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